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1913 · PDF PAGE 153

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…blime meaning was not yet suspected by Frater Perdu- rabo. On November 9 we find the entry “Here endeth this diary, for I write now in a Holy Book of my Holy Pilgrimage to the Sun.” In fact, he left London for Paris on November 10, attended only by a single Chela. He arrived at Algiers on the 17th, and on the next day took the tram to Arba, from which point they started to walk to Bou- Saada. At Aumale he took up again the work of obtaining the Cries of the 30 A&thyrs, to which he had not paid attention since August 1900. It is evident that he …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 153

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…blime meaning was not yet suspected by Frater Perdu- rabo. On November 9 we find the entry “Here endeth this diary, for I write now in a Holy Book of my Holy Pilgrimage to the Sun.” In fact, he left London for Paris on November 10, attended only by a single Chela. He arrived at Algiers on the 17th, and on the next day took the tram to Arba, from which point they started to walk to Bou- Saada. At Aumale he took up again the work of obtaining the Cries of the 30 A&thyrs, to which he had not paid attention since August 1900. It is evident that he …

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1903 · PDF PAGE 72

The Star and the Garter

…k inhospitable weather, Or fronting the Numidian sun, Equally minded; till the hour Strike of release, and we obtain The passionless and holy power, Making us masters over pain, And lords of peace: the rays of light We fling to the awakening globe ; The cavern of the eremite Shall glow with inmost fire, a robe Of diamond energy, shall flash 70

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1906 · PDF PAGE 77

Gargoyles

The holy rosary, skull by skull, Polished and grim and beautiful! This jewelled shape of gold and bronze Is seated on my bosom’s throne ; She takes my muséd orisons To her, to her, to her alone. O Kali, Kali, Kali, quell This hooded hate, O Queen of Hell! Her ruby-studded brow is calm; Her eyes shine like some sleepy flood ; Her breast is oliban and balm; Her tongue lolls out, a-dripping blood ; She swings my body to and fro; She breaks me on the wheel of woe! To her eternal rapture seems Mere nature; underneath the crown Of dusky emeralds ther…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 14

Sir Palamedes

…Those eyes ; she offers to his gaze The blue-veined breasts that suckled him In childhood’s sweet and solemn days. Weeping she bares the holy womb! Shrieks out the mother’s last appeal : And reads irrevocable doom In those dread eyes of ice and steel. He winds his horn: his warriors pour In thousands on the fenceless foe; The sunset stains their hideous war With crimson bars of after-glow. He winds his horn : the night-stars leap To light ; upspring the sisters seven ; While answering flames illume the deep, The blue pavilions blaze to heaven. …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 314

Magick Without Tears

THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL 281 of will in any intelligible sense of the word. Their actions in fact are merely re-actions. They are, of course, entirely lacking in the Supernal Triad. There is therefore no question of anything in them which would persist through change. Perhaps it would be better to say that change does not really affect them. Another way to put it would be that they are adjectives, not nouns. They are merely sensible manifestations of the elements to which they are attributed , and to the letters of their name. Now, on the othe: …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 14

The Book of Thoth

…t is necessitated, as will appear later, by the structure of the universe, and in particular of the So‐ lar System, as symbolized by the Holy Qabalah. This will be explained in due course. THE ORIGIN OF THE TAROT The origin of this pack of cards is very obscure. Some authorities seek to put it back as far as the ancient Egyptian Mysteries; others try to bring it forward as late as the fifteenth or even the sixteenth century. But the Tarot certainly existed, in what may be called the classical form, as early as the fourteenth century; for packs …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 193

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…on- quered and drilled, building it up into a phalanx like unto a Cone, that is the noblest of all solid figures, being the Image of the Holy Phallus Itself, and combineth in himself the Right Line and the Circle. Thus, son, dealeth He; and the Fire kindleth the Wood, and the heat thereof driveth the Water afar off. Yet this Water is a cunning adversary, and He strengtheneth Wood against Fire by impregnating him with much of his own substance, as it were by spies in the citadel of an ally that is not wholly trusted. Now then there- fore what mu…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 291

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…thdmwn. 333'333'333᾿ 333-333'333- I. Brother Taurus, what is the hour? Moonrise. 1. Brother Taurus, what is the place? The Chapel of the Holy Graal. I. What is my office? Warden of the Graal. I. What is my robe? Chastity. I. What is my weapon? Vigilance. I. Whom do we serve? The Lady Artemis. !. How many are her servants? Nine. [. Who are they? Three for the dew; three for the rain; and three for the snow. CANCER. I. Who are the great Officers? 1 [3

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1911 · PDF PAGE 291

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…thdmwn. 333'333'333᾿ 333-333'333- I. Brother Taurus, what is the hour? Moonrise. 1. Brother Taurus, what is the place? The Chapel of the Holy Graal. I. What is my office? Warden of the Graal. I. What is my robe? Chastity. I. What is my weapon? Vigilance. I. Whom do we serve? The Lady Artemis. !. How many are her servants? Nine. [. Who are they? Three for the dew; three for the rain; and three for the snow. CANCER. I. Who are the great Officers? 1 [3

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1899 · PDF PAGE 196

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…ns for ever, Love's ruined water-springs. Oh, Death! draw nigh, deliver My passion from its band ; Draw nigh, until I shiver At thy most holy hand. For Earth’s desires have fled me, And Earth’s distrusts have fed me, And Love has come, and shed me As water upon sand.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 83

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…the sacrificial knife Where lurks some serpent - eyed Fear , passion , or man 's deadly wife Desire , the suicide ! Before me dwells the Holy One Anointed Beauty 's King ; Behind me , mightier than the Sun , To whom the cherubs sing , A strong archangel , known of none , Comes crowned and conquering . An angel stands on my right hand With strength of ocean 's wrath ; Upon my left the fiery brand , Charioted fire , smites forth ; Four great archangels to withstand The furies of the path .

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1909 · PDF PAGE 54

777

…hful gill le fort fis innocent shal vain queur ens ‘ merciful edend | peace zl le cher gu creator jaa) \ pardoner yen! compassionate nya holy one terrible (Kall the proud picturer eo ball opener haw LI supporter Cd peel cherisher pea all-seer wiplel’| consoler solid reckoner | giver of life exl| advocate of all dol,!l sole pdtiiel| most mighty Js the rst ‘| Cor. V. (continued)— J 31 i lag! bountiful giver a lil ela! holder all-wise gl! will exalter humbler all-hearer hater Jus! al just judge long-suffering, all-knower gracious sl asta worthy of…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 110

The Soul of Osiris

…wisted ether shapes itself : relumes The benediction all the faded fumes With holier incense : in the fervid way All nature rests : with holy calm I blend Blessing and prayer at the appointed end.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 422

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… will I pile the curses on ; Him will I hang, or saw him through, Or burn with fire, who doubts upon This doctrine, hotototon spells The holy word otototon.” The poor Sir Palamedes quells His rising spleen ; he doubts his ears. “ How may I catch the Beast?” he yells. The smiling sage rebukes his fears: ‘Tis easier than all, Sir Knight! By simple faith the Beast appears.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 422

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… will I pile the curses on ; Him will I hang, or saw him through, Or burn with fire, who doubts upon This doctrine, hotototon spells The holy word otototon.” The poor Sir Palamedes quells His rising spleen ; he doubts his ears. “ How may I catch the Beast?” he yells. The smiling sage rebukes his fears: ‘Tis easier than all, Sir Knight! By simple faith the Beast appears.

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1917 · PDF PAGE 1

The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

…en, Became. Like dew a triple queen Shone a8 the void uncovered: ‘The silence of deep height was drawn A veil across the silver dawn ‘On holy wings that hovered + ‘The music of three thoughts became The beauty, that is one white lame, ‘The justice that surpasses shame, ‘The victory, the splendour, ‘The sacred fountain that is whitled From depths beyond that older world ‘A new world to engender.* ‘The kingdom is extended? Night Dwells, and I contemplate the sight ‘That is not seeing, but the light ‘That secretly is kindled, tatty th ide, tn its …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 88

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…te to page 291). The Oracles of Zoroaster utter this : “And when, by often invoking, ail the phantasms are vanished, thou shalt see that Holy and Formless Fire, that Fire which darts and flashes through ail the Depths of the Universe; hear thou the Voice of the P'ire! “A similar Fire flashingly extending through the rushings of Air, or a Fire formless whence cometh the Image of a voice, or even a flashing Light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. Also there is the vision of the fire-flashing Courser of Light, or also a Child, bo…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 309

Magick Without Tears

… is only one point of theory which matters to our practice. We may readily concur that the Augoeides, the "Genius" of Socrates, and the "Holy Guardian Angel" of Abramelin the Mage, are identical. But we cannot include this "Higher Self'; for the Angel is an actual Individual with his own Universe, exactly as a man is; or, for the matter of that, a bluebottle. He is not a mere abstraction, a selection from, and exaltation of, one's own favourite qualities, as the "Higher Self" seems to be. The trouble is (I think) that the Hindu passion for anal…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 529

Magick Without Tears

… elements-say Fire-it is therefore natural to evoke a Salamander to instruct you on the difficult point. But you must remember that your Holy Guardian Angel is not only far more fully instructed than yourself on every point that you can conceive, but you may go so far as to say that it is definitely his work, or part of his work; remembering always that he inhabits a sphere or plane which is entirely different from anything of which you are normally aware. To attain to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel is consequently wi…

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